Naval Education and Training Command: Warrior Toughness

Every U.S. Navy Sailor, enlisted or officer, could face life-threatening situations from combat or casualty. Each and every one needs to have the ability to persevere and perform under both immediate danger and long-term stress, both on the job and at home.

Warrior Toughness (WT) is a holistic human performance skillset that enhances the toughness of our Sailors with a focus on the pursuit of peak performance. The system emphasizes coequal development of toughness in the mind, body, and soul. WT combines performance psychology skills with character development, and teaches the Warrior Mindset, whose concepts were initially developed by members of the Naval Special Warfare community.

Designed to increase the Navy’s warfighting capabilities, WT is an enabler of the Culture of Excellence as part of the first line of effort – Developing a Lethal Warfighting Force. In place at Recruit Training Command since October 2018, the curriculum is now incorporated across all Navy accessions at Officer Training Command Newport, the United States Naval Academy and the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. WT will improve the performance of Sailors under stress and throughout their everyday lives, building lethal warfighters ready for the next mission.

Video by Spc. Richard Barnes, Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes, Spc. Raekwon Jenkins, Spc. Ashleigh Maxwell

POTUS, SECDEF speak with military medical teams fighting COVID in US civilian hospitals

Defense Department Support to FEMA COVID-19

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- U.S. Army Lt. Col. Suzanne Cobleigh, the officer-in-charge of the military medical team deployed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, providing support to Spectrum Health Hospital, talks with President of the United States Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other military medical team members about her experience during the COVID-19 hospital support mission Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jan. 13, 2022. Cobleigh is originally assigned to Irwin Army Community Hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, and has served on multiple Department of Defense MMTs to help mitigate hospital staffs’ COVID challenges. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Raekwon Jenkins)